Monoazo-triazine containing dyestuffs



United States Patent 3,438,962 MONOAZO-TRIAZINE CONTAINING DYESTUFFS Henri Riat, Arlesheim, and Gert Hegar, Basel, Switzerland, assignors to Ciba Limited, Basel, Switzerland, a 5

company of Switzerland No Drawing. Continuation-impart of application Ser. No. 266,525, Mar. 26, 1963. This application Aug. 27, 1965,

er. No. 483,298 Claims priority, application Switzerland, Mar. 26, 1962, 3,598/ 62 Int. Cl. 62/08, 62/82, 62/50 U.S. Cl. 260--153 11 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE Monoazo dyestuffs of the formula in which R represents a radical of a naphthalene trisulfonic acid, Y and Z each represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group of low molecular Weight (for example, a methyl or ethyl group) or an alkoxy group of low molecular Weight (for example, a methoxy or ethoxy group), and X represents the radical of a mono-halogenated 1:325- triazine bound through an amino bridge, especially through an NH-bridge.

in which R represents a radical of a naphthalene trisulfonic acid, Y and Z each represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group of low molecular weight (for example, a methyl or ethyl group) or an alkoxy group of low molecular weight (for example, a methoxy or ethoxy group), and X represents the radical of a mono-halogenated 1:3:5-triazine bound through an amino bridge, especially through an NH-bridge. The present invention provides more especially monoazo dyestuffs of the kind defined that contain a 2-chloro-4-amino-1:3:5-triazine radical, the amino group of which may contain a radical not of dyestuff character.

The dyestufis of the invention are obtained by condensing trihalogen-l23:5-triazines, especially 2:4:6-trichloro- 1:3:5-triazine, on the one hand with an aminornonoazo dyestuit of the formula 3,438,962 Patented Apr. 15, 1969 in which R, Y and Z have the meanings ascribed to them in Formula 1 and m represents a positive integer not greater than 3, and on the other hand with an amine, preferably one without dyestufi character, or with a phenol or with a mercaptan in such a manner that monohalogen triazine condensation products are formed. Instead of using trihalogen-triazines as starting materials, it is also possible to condense a dyestuff of the Formula 2 with a dihalogen-l:3z5-triazine, for example, 2-methyl-, 2-phenyl-, 2-methoxy-, 2-phenoxy-, 2-phenylthioor a 2-amino- 4:6-dichloroor dibromo-lzBzS-triazine in a molar ratio of 1:1.

In order to prepare the dyestufis of the Formula 2, used as starting materials, diazotized 1- or Z-aminonaphthalenetrisulfonic acids, such as 1-naphthyl-amine-2:4:7-, -2:4:8-, -2:5:7-, -3:6:8- or -4:6:8trisulfonic acid and 2-naphthylamine-1:3:7-, -1:5:7-, -3:5:7-, -4:6:8- or -3:6:8-trisulfonic acid can be coupled in a slightly acid medium with orthoor meta-toluidine, cresidine, aminohydroquinone dimethyl ether, orthoor meta-anisidine, aniline, N-methylaniline or with xylidine.

The diazotization of the aminonaphthalene trisulfonic acid used in the preparation of the dyestuffs of the Formula 2 can be carried out by known methods, for example, with the aid of a mineral acid, especially hydrochloric acid, and sodium nitrite. The coupling of the diazo compounds so obtained with said aniline derivatives that couple in 4-positi0n can likewise be carried out by known methods.

The condensation of the aminomonoazo dyestuffs so obtained with cyanuric chloride is carried out in such a manner that two replaceable halogen atoms remain in the resulting condensation product, one of which, in the process of the invention, is exchanged for the radical of a hydroxyl, mercapto or an amino compound, advantageously one without dyestufi character. As such compounds, which may be used, in addition to ammonia, are amines such as methyl-, dimethyl-, ethyl, diethyl-, propyl-, isopropyl-, butyl-, isobutyl-, hexylor cyclohexylamine, ,3 chlorethylamine, piperidine, morpholine, 'y-methoxypropylamine, methoxyethylamine, ethanolamines, propanolamines, hydrazine, thio-semicarbazide, glycocoll, aminocarbonic acid esters, such as the methyl or ethyl ester, amino acetic acid ethyl ester, aminoacetamide and, more especially, amines that contain sulfonic acid groups and/or carboxyl groups such as l-aminobenzene-ZzS-disulfonic acid, l-aminobenzene-2-, -3- or -4-sulfonic acid, 1-aminobenzene-2-, -3- or -4-carboxylic acid, sulfoanthranilic acid, aminonaphthalene-monoand -disulfonic acid, l-aminodiphenyl-4-sulfonic acid, 8-aminoethane sulfonic acid and N-methylaminoethane sulfonic acid.

In the process of the invention the condensation of said amino compounds with the dihalogen-triazine dyestuffs is advantageously carried out in the presence of an agent capable of binding acid such as sodium carbonate or sodiurn hydroxide under conditions that ensure that a replaceable halogen atom still remains in the finished product, that is to say, for example, in an organic solvent or at a relatively low temperature in an aqueous medium.

The azo dyestufis of the invention can also be made by a modification of the process described above. This modification of the process consists in condensing aminomonoazo dyestutls of the Formula 2 with 2:4-diehloro or 2:4-dibrorno-1:3:S-triazines such as 6-methyl-, 6-phenyl-, 6-phenylthio-, 6-phenoxy-, 6-methoxy-, 6-sulfopheny1- amino-2:4-dichloro-1z3z5-triazine in such a manner that a replaceable halogen atom is still present in the resulting condensation product.

Suitable 2:4-dihalogen-1z3z5-triazines can be made by known methods from cyanuric halides such as cyanuric bromide or cyanuric chloride by reacting, for example, 1 mo] of cyanuric chloride with 1 mol of a phenol or a mercaptan or with 1 mol of an amine. The dihalogentriazine compounds so obtained can be condensed with said aminoazo dyestuffs that contain an acylatable amino group to form the azo dyestutfs of the invention.

Thus in the preparation of the monohalogen-triazine dyestuffs of the invention by the condensation of the aforesaid aminoazo dyestuffs with cyanuric chloride and one of the aforesaid amines the condensations can be carried out in any desired sequence, whereas when phenols, alcohols or mercaptans are used, these products are advantageously first condensed with the trihalogentriazine to form dihalogen-triazines.

The dyestuffs of the inventioncan be isolated and processed into useful, dry dyestuff preparations.

The isolation of the products obtained in the process of the invention is advantageously carried out at as low a temperature as possible by salting out and filtration. If desired, the filtered dyestuffs can be dried after the addition of diluents and buffers such as mixtures of equal parts of mono-sodium phosphate and di-sodium phosphate; the drying process is advantageously carried out at not too high a temperature and under reduced pressure. In some cases the dry preparations of the invention can be prepared directly, i.e. without intermediate isolation of the dyestuffs, by spray-drying the dyestutf products as obtained from the reaction mixtures.

The new dyestuffs of the invention are suitable for dyeing or printing a very wide variety of materials, for example, wool, silk, leather and polyamides but more especially fibrous materials that contain cellulose such as linen, regenerated cellulose and more especially cotton. They are particularly suitable for dyeing by the so-called pad-dyeing process in which the fabric is impregnated with an aqueous dyestutf solution that may contain salt, and the dyestutf is fixed, advantageously with the application of heat, after treatment with an alkali. This process and the direct dyeing process, by which many of the dyestuffs of the invention can be applied, yield valuable dyeings fast to washing, and fast prints are obtained in the printing process.

The dye'ings and prints produced with the new dyestuffs on fibers that contain cellulose are generally distinguished by a good fastness to light and more especially by a very good fastness to washing and by the ease with which any unfixed dyestuflf can be washed off.

The dyeings and prints are also fast to chlorine especially to the treatments with hypochlorite. The unfixed dyestutfs are easily removed from the prints obtained with the new dyestuffs and they do not stain the unprinted white ground.

Unless otherwise stated, the parts and percentages in the following Examples are by weight, and the relationship of parts by weight to parts by volume is the same as that between the gram and the cubic centimeter.

EXAMPLE '1 56.7 parts of the sodium salt of 2-(4-amino-2'-methylphenylazo)-naphthalene-4:6:S-trisulfonic acid (obtained by coupling diazotized 2-naphthylamino-4:6t 8-trisulfonic acid with 3-methyl-1-aminobenzene) were dissolved in 800 parts of water, cooled to to 5 C. and a solution of 18.5 parts of cyanuric chloride in 50 parts of acetone added. The mixture was stirred for 1 hour anti the pH value maintained at about 6 by the gradual dropwise addition of a dilute sodium hydroxide solution. As soon as a free amino group could no longer be detected, 50 parts of a 10% ammonia solution were added and the whole stirred for 2 hours at 40 C. The dyestuif was precipitated from the solution so obtained by the addition of sodium chloride, filtered off and dried. The dyestuff was obtained in the form of a yellow powder that dyed cotton very fast yellow tints.

4 EXAMPLE 2 55.3 parts of the trisodium salt of 2-(4'-aminophenylazo)-naphthalene-4:6:8-trisulfon-ic acid (obtained by coupling diazotized 2-naphthylazmine-4z6:8-trisulfonic acid with aniline-w-methane sulfonic acid and subsequent hydrolysis of the w-methane sulfonic acid by heating with a dilute sodium hydroxide solution) were dissolved in 750 parts of water, and an aqueous solution of the sodium salt prepared from 34.3 parts of 2:4-chloro-6-pheny1- amino-l:3:5-triazine-3'-sulfonic acid was added. The mixture was stirred for 3 hours at 40 C., the pH value being maintained between 6 and 7 by the addition of dilute sodium hydroxide solution. After the condensation, the resulting monochlorotriazzine dyestuif was salted out, filtered off and dried. It dyed cotton pure yellow tints.

In the following table further examples of starting materials are listed in Columns I, II and III, from which dyestuffs and dry preparations containing them can be obtained as described above, the tints obtained on cotton being given in Column IV.

I II III IV 2-naphthylamine- Aniline Ammonia Yellow.

4: 6 :8-trisulionic acid.

Do do Morpho1ine Do. Do do- 2-aminc-5-su1fo- Do.

benzoic acid. Do do 2-arninoethanol Do. Do do... Diethanolamine.-. Do. Do .do N-methylaniline Do. 2-naphthy1armne- 2-methoxy-5- l-amluobenzene- Do.

3:6:8-trisulfonic methylaniline. 4-sulfonic acid. acid.

Do do l-aminobenzane- Do.

2: 5-disulionic acid. 2-naphthy1amine- 2:5-dimethoxydo Yellow- 4z6z8-trisulionic aniline. orange. acid.

Do do l-aminobenzenc- Do.

8-sulfonic acid. 2-naphthylamine- 2:5-dimethyl- Ammonia Yellow.

4:6:8-trisulfonic aniline. acid.

Do 2-methoxyaniline do Do. 2-naphthylamine- Aniline l-aminonaphtha- Yellow 4:6:8-trisulionic lcne-fi-sulionic aci acid.

Do rln Aniline D0, do Phenol Do, Z-naphthylamine- -.--.do Ammonia D0.

3:6 :8-trisulionic acid. 2-naphthylamine- .....do Thlophenol Do.

4:6:8-trisulfonic acid. Z-naphthylamine- N-methylaniline. Ammonia Do.

4 6: 8-trisulionic acid. Z-naphthylamlnedo do Do,

3:6:8-trisulfonic acid.

EXAMPLE 3 A solution of 18 parts of 2:4 dichloro 6 methoxy- 1:3:5-triazine in 50 parts of acetone was added to an aqueous solution of 55.3 parts of the trisodium salt of 2 (4' aminophenylazo) naphthalene-4:6:8-trisulfonic acid and the mixture stirred for 3 hours at 40 C. at a pH value between 6 and 7. The dyestutf so obtained dyed cotton yellow tints.

By using the corresponding proportion of 2:4-dichloro- 6-methylthio-1z3 :S-triazine instead of 2:4 dichloro 6- methoxy 1:3:5 triazine, a dyestufi having similar properties was obtained.

Dyeing prescription 2 parts of dyestufi were dissolved in parts of water. A cotton fabric was padded With this solution and the excess liquor squeezed olf in such a manner that the fabric retained 75% of dyestuif solution, calculated on the weight of the fabric.

The fabric so impregnated was dried and impregnated at room temperature with a solution that contained 6 7. The dyestuifs of the formula 01 parts of sodium hydroxide and 300 parts of sodium chloride per liter; it was then squeezed to retain 75% of its S033 weight of liquor and steamed for 60 seconds at 100 to 101 C. The fabric was rinsed, treated in a 0.5% sodi- 5 h um bicarbonate solution, rinsed, soaped at the boil for minutes in a 0.3% solution of a non-ionic detergent, H035 and then rinsed and dried.

What is claimed is: S0111 1. Monoazo dyestuffs of the formula 10 The dyestufi of the formula 01 X t soul RN=N z 1.) N

h I =N NH- o-NH, Y N-C o-.

l Hots H! son;

9. The dyestutf of the formula 01 5 SOaH OCH: f 503K 0 l l O N=N NH--C c-NH N H033 SO;H 6H;

10. The dyestufi of the formula in which R represents the radical of a naphthalene-tri- C1 sulfonic acid, Y and Z each represent a member selected I from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, a lower S0311 alkyl and lower alkoxy group, X represents a member E= selected from the group consisting of the bromine and O 0 the chlorine atoms, A is a member selected from the group consisting of the amino, phenoxy, lower 'alkoxy and 1103s 2- 2 lower alkyl thio groups and p is a whole positive number 40 up to and including 2. 8011i 11. The dyestutf of the formula so H o H 3 III/ l i SI N=NC NHC C-NH 2. Monoazo dyestuifs of the formula SOZH 01 N= n-tCn-1H2n-l I HO 3 -NH 0 Y 3 N/ References Cited S(()3mH-rH=m-1 UNITED STATES PATENTS 3 o in which Y represents an amino group, n and m each 21x23 :2 :5

represents a positive integer not greater than 2.

3. The dyestuffs of claim 2 wherein Y is an NH -group.

4. The dyestuffs of claim 2 wherein Y is sulfophenylamino.

5. The dyestuifs of claim 2 wherein Y is carboxy- CHARLES B. PARKER, Primary Examiner. D. M. PAPUGA, Assistant Examiner.

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